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Orange County Indexed

The Way surname

The Way name in Orange County Indexed: 15 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1790 to 1903 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Deeds 1797–1843
  • Court minutes 1800
  • Marriages 1815–1903
  • Wills 1837–1841
In the chronology
1823 to 1827 2 people in 2 entries
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (1), Rock Creek (1), Haw River (1)
Married into
McClennen 1, Thompson 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Pike 2, Newlin 2, King 2
Search beyond these records

Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the chronology 2 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

In the historical records 15 records

3 deeds, 2 marriages, 6 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 2 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Way marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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Undated

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